New Hampshire
New Hampshire towns are spraying insecticides to address EEE in mosquitoes. What’s the environmental cost?
Scientists who study bifenthrin, the pesticide many N.H. towns have turned to, say it’s highly toxic to insects and it can create reproductive issues among fish.
In New Hampshire, some towns have been quick to respond by spraying insecticides meant to kill adult mosquitoes and lower the risk of them transmitting the disease to humans.
Positive cases of EEE have been clustered in the southeastern corner of New... [6093 chars]